Top rated Nature preserves in Sioux Falls, United States to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Top rated Nature preserves in Sioux Falls

Experience the best that Sioux Falls has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 16 places from Nature preserve category.

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Dickinson County Nature Center

Nature preserve

This nature center offers an indoor beehive, live animals, bat cave & other educational exhibits.

4.90 (232 reviews) (~129.76 km from centre)

Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center

Nature preserve

Indoor exhibits & classes plus a vast outdoor space with oaks, gardens, an amphitheater & wildlife.

4.90 (80 reviews) (~113.81 km from centre)

Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center

Education center

4.90 (34 reviews) (~231.51 km from centre)

Good Earth State Park Visitor Center

Visitor center

Visitor center with interpretive displays, restrooms, a classroom & a small theater.

4.80 (614 reviews) (~13.59 km from centre)

Kasota Prairie

Nature preserve

👍👍 Cool little park! We didn't walk too far down the path (grass, a little bumpy) but it's very beautiful! Great for walking the dog or cat.

4.80 (59 reviews) (~233.52 km from centre)

Ordway Prairie Preserve

Nature preserve

4.80 (41 reviews) (~241.2 km from centre)

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife refuge

Diverse landscape featuring a variety of wildlife & a visitor center with old steamboat artifacts.

4.70 (538 reviews) (~230.51 km from centre)

Dakota Nature Park

Nature preserve

Formerly a landfill site, this undeveloped park is now a naturalistic area for wildlife observation.

4.70 (391 reviews) (~80.25 km from centre)

The Outdoor Campus

Education center

😠 Garbage!!! They put offices where my children played. Sick of this!!! Completely garbage. We loved travveling here.. not anymore. Just junk. Kids always wanted to play whenever they decide to allow it to be open. Nobody works. More garbage places for me to pay for your state employees to sit and whi...

4.70 (81 reviews) (~5.37 km from centre)

Perry Nature Reserve

Nature preserve

👍👍 Excellent walking trails. Several picnic shelters in park. A creek runs thru the Nature Preserve... great place to bring children to experience the beauty of nature in a natural setting.

4.70 (60 reviews) (~10.11 km from centre)

Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery - Hatchery Building And Aquarium

Nature preserve

👍👍 I named one of the catfish michael lol

4.70 (48 reviews) (~96.27 km from centre)

Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve

Nature preserve

👍👍 This is a very Rustic place to Hike . Meaning, there are NO FACILITIES. It is still a fantastic place to hike. the trails are sort of marked but maintained. Be sure you have water and some snacks. It is a carry in carry out type of place there are no garbage cans. There is Hunting allowed so be awar...

4.70 (38 reviews) (~98 km from centre)

Neale Woods Nature Reserve

Nature preserve

👍👍 Great trails. No amenities, but the trails are well maintained. It’s a very relaxing place to visit, and I was happy to find a few hills in Omaha for hiking. You could easily spend the day here

4.60 (264 reviews) (~248.29 km from centre)

Big Stone NWR and WMD Admin Bldg and Visitor Contact Station

Nature preserve

4.60 (94 reviews) (~192.81 km from centre)

Great Western Park

Nature preserve

4.50 (56 reviews) (~227.63 km from centre)

Gitchie Manitou State Preserve

Nature preserve

👍👍 This place is the opposite of haunted. It is unruffled, serene and peaceful. If you feel a presence here, it is not bad or evil. Also the mosquitoes here are impervious to bug spray, but bring as much as you can, there's scads of them. I'm talking oodles of mosquitoes.

4.30 (170 reviews) (~12.34 km from centre)

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Top rated Nature preserves in Sioux Falls, United States